This martial saint's health bar is too thick

Chapter 597 Removing the Fire from Underground, Another Enemy Appears

Maggie dreamed of one day owning a house entirely of her own in the city.

I just didn't expect this day to come so quickly and so suddenly.

Following that incident, the Great Blue Dynasty quickly sent people to take over the city of Kuha.

Order was restored within the city.

Subsequently, officials from the Great Blue Dynasty announced to the public—

Every household in the city will be allocated a house!

Under the propaganda of the temple and the royal court, the people of the Great Blue Dynasty were portrayed as evil and ferocious, ten times more terrifying than the wolves of the grasslands.

But after the city of Kuha was occupied, the Great Blue Dynasty neither killed indiscriminately nor looted wantonly. Instead, it distributed houses to every household for free.
It's hard to see anything evil about this kind of enemy.
Subsequently, the people of the Great Blue Dynasty conducted a large-scale test in the city of Kuha, examining all eligible young people to determine who possessed the talent for martial arts or magical cultivation.

The grasslands will certainly conduct such tests, but due to limited resources, talent alone does not guarantee becoming a martial artist.

Therefore, the grassland royal court does not test everyone; it only prioritizes testing the children of the powerful and wealthy, and then the people of the middle and lower classes.

In the city of Kuha today, there are many young people of marriageable age who are actually talented, but they have never had the opportunity to pursue their dreams.

Now, the Great Blue Dynasty has given them an opportunity.

The Great Blue Dynasty gave all those who were found to have cultivation talent two choices—

First, if you stay in Kuha City, you can get a larger house.

Second, by becoming a citizen of Great Blue and relocating to Great Blue territory, one can receive a portion of the cultivation resources subsidized by the Great Blue Dynasty, and be taught by a dedicated person.

Maggie's son, Sanji, is only sixteen years old this year, but because his physical development is relatively mature, he also participated in this test.

The test results are said to be excellent!
Sangji, the son, wanted to go to the Great Blue Dynasty, while Maggie was less inclined to leave.

When the powerful and wealthy people in the city left, they took most of the grain with them, and destroyed everything they couldn't take.

Therefore, there is not much grain left in the city.

But as the people of the Great Blue Dynasty took over Kuha City, cartloads of grain were also transported in!

All the grassland people can receive a certain amount of grain for free as long as they learn a few words of Central Plains language and write a few characters of Central Plains language every day.

They have free big houses to live in and free food to receive.

For Maggie, who has worked so hard for so many years, such days are undoubtedly paradise!
So she didn't really want to leave.

Hello. My name is Maggie.

On the way home, Maggie kept repeating the Central Plains dialect she had learned in the past few days.

The material you've learned will be tested repeatedly, and if you forget what you've learned, you won't get your food for the day.

In order to receive more food, Maggie learned the Central Plains language very diligently!

"Di-"

The sound of a car horn came from behind.

Maggie turned around and saw a dozen black cars driving down the street, forming a convoy.

She stopped in her tracks, her eyes widening as she stared intently at the convoy.

The grasslands don't have much of the technology of the Western Continent, and cars are not common in Kuha City.

This was the first time Maggie had ever seen such a magnificent motorcade.

The convoy passed by her, and in the lead car, the Eastern Border Admiral Ye Jingfu was sitting in the back seat.

The admiral quietly left the eastern border defense line, ventured deep into the grasslands, and arrived at Kuha City.

If Li Fei hadn't trapped all the powerful figures from the grasslands inside Mingdu City, and if the remaining two major cities hadn't remained closed, Ye Jingfu wouldn't have dared to take such a risk.

He came to Kuha City to see for himself the grassland people and their attitude towards the Great Blue Dynasty.

Now that the war in the Southern Territory has ended, the Great Blue Dynasty can allocate more troops and strong warriors to support the Eastern Territory.

The Marquis of Jing'an is currently blocking the entrance to the capital, so the Great Blue Dynasty will naturally focus its attention on the grasslands.

Regarding the grasslands, the current Grand Secretary Ye Ze'an has already formulated a series of plans.

The measures taken, such as allocating houses and distributing food to the grassland people in the six major cities, teaching them the Central Plains language, and testing their talents, were all the work of that Grand Secretary.

Ye Jingfu was actually a member of the Ye family, but he had separated from the family and started his own household a long time ago.

If he, the Eastern Territory Admiral, a Grandmaster of the Dao Realm, still remained with the Ye family.

Among the ten powerful clans, the Xiao family really can't claim to be the number one.

However, if Ye Jingfu still considers himself a member of the Ye family, Emperor Hongguang may not feel comfortable letting him serve as the Eastern Border Commander and take charge of the Eastern Border's military power.

Ye Jingfu was also aware of Ye Ze'an's series of plans for the grasslands.

His personal trip to Kuha City was to gather more information so that he could make suggestions and adjustments to Ye Ze'an's plan.

Although he had left the Ye family and established his own household, he still greatly admired Ye Ze'an, a younger member of the family.

Both publicly and privately, he hoped that Ye Ze'an's plan would succeed.

The convoy soon arrived outside a mansion.

This place used to be the city lord's mansion of Kuha City, but now it has become the office area of ​​the Great Blue Dynasty government.

Ye Jingfu entered the city lord's mansion and, as soon as he sat down, summoned the city's officials to come forward one by one to report to him:
"The day before yesterday, one of our grain transport teams was intercepted again, this time by the cavalry of the Hali tribe."

"We have already organized people to track them down. Once we pinpoint the location of the Hali tribe's cavalry, we can send men to wipe them out!"

"In the past three days, a total of 2,723 grassland people have come to Kuha City from outside. We have conducted a preliminary screening and identified 15 spies."

"Currently, there are seventy-three households willing to become citizens of Great Lan and relocate within its borders. Among them, twenty-one individuals have passed the qualification test and achieved a grade of A or higher."

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As he listened to the officials' reports, Ye Jingfu kept making calculations in his mind.

The fact that the Great Blue Dynasty openly transported grain to six major cities could not be kept secret from the grassland royal court.

Although the three major cities were closed, the majority of the troops were scattered across the grasslands.

Therefore, the grain transport teams heading to the six major cities were ambushed and killed multiple times.

However, with most of the powerful figures 'turtling' inside the city, the grassland royal court's success rate in intercepting them was not high.

Moreover, once their whereabouts are discovered, they will be hunted down and killed by the powerful forces of the Great Blue Dynasty!

There were free houses and free food to be distributed in the six great cities.

Such news has already been spread.

On the grasslands, almost everyone, regardless of age or gender, needs to work every day.

After all their hard work, most of their results had to be handed over, leaving them with only a small portion to barely survive.

Therefore, the lives of all the common people in the grassland royal court were actually very difficult.

After learning about the news from the six major cities, some grassland people couldn't help but want to see if it was true.

They subtly influenced the people in the city, attracting more people from the grasslands to the six great cities.

This is Ye Ze'an's plan.

Even if the grassland royal court were to reclaim these six great cities in the future, the hearts of the people in those cities would probably never be the same again.

How did the Great Blue Dynasty treat them, and how did the nobles of the grasslands treat them?

A simple comparison reveals that some beliefs are bound to be shaken!
The core of Manyuan religion lies in the faith of the common people, and the foundation of Qilian Guanshi is also in faith.

Therefore, Ye Ze'an's series of measures were aimed at this.

This Grand Secretary is going to strike at the heart of the problem!
"Sir, the man has been brought in." A subordinate brought in Sangji, a dark-skinned and robust man.

Ye Jingfu looked at the sixteen-year-old young man:
"You're Sangji?"

Sangji nodded nervously.

"Don't be nervous, sit down and let's talk."

Ye Jingfu smiled and gestured for Sangji to sit down.

This admiral has a scholarly air about him. He doesn't look like a general who fights on the battlefield, but rather like a schoolteacher. He has a very approachable personality.

Sangji gradually calmed down and sat down.

Did they take you for further testing?

Ye Jingfu asked.

The tests conducted by the Great Blue Dynasty in Kuha City were relatively rudimentary, only able to roughly assess a person's talent level.

All those who are tested as having Grade A talent will be taken for further detailed testing.

The testing method this time was almost identical to the entrance tests for the thirteen universities in the Great Blue Dynasty.

"It's been tested."

Sangji nodded.

Ye Jingfu: "What was the result?"

Sangji said with some pride, "Thirteen items are top-tier, seven are mid-tier, and five are bottom-tier."

"Oh?"

Even Ye Jingfu was moved by it.

"Thirteen exceptional skills?!"

He remembered that when Li Fei took the entrance exam at Wu'an University, he also scored thirteen top marks, breaking Wu'an University's record and the records of all universities in the country!

And now, someone else has obtained thirteen top-tier skills!
“Back then, Li Fei’s remaining twelve test results were only grade B, but this person’s remaining twelve results were also grade A.”

Ye Jingfu remained silent.

If you only look at the data on paper, Sangji's talent is actually higher than Li Fei's?!
Of course, Ye Jingfu did not believe that this sixteen-year-old grassland boy would surpass the number one genius in history.

Countless people have carefully studied Li Fei's past.

In short, the talent he displayed was far beyond what those thirteen top-tier skills could have demonstrated!

If Sangji can achieve the highest level in all twenty-five tests, perhaps Ye Jingfu can still have some hope that he can catch up with Li Fei in the future.

But I'm only slightly looking forward to it.

Because the evaluation of "A" refers to the limit that can be tested with current technology.

This does not represent the limit of a person's talent.

Li Fei's talent clearly far exceeds the upper limit of the top-tier skill!

But in any case, the talent that Sanji tested was already amazing enough.

"No wonder Li Fei specifically chose this person."

Ye Jingfu carefully examined the young man before him.

One of the reasons he personally traveled to Kuha City was to see for himself the person Li Fei had chosen.

The fact that the number one genius in history personally certified that his talent is 'good' means that we certainly can't take it lightly!
"Perhaps, after Li Ming's death, the portion of his fortune scattered across the grasslands fell upon this person?"

Such a thought suddenly flashed through Ye Jingfu's mind.

Because Li Fei's evaluation of Sangji also included one point—that he was blessed with good fortune.

Luck is something that ordinary people don't have at all.

An ordinary grassland boy, yet he possessed a destiny, which naturally reminded Ye Jingfu of the battle at Cuiqing City.

According to Qilian Guanshi's original plan, he used a large formation to lock down Cuiqing City. If Li Fei and Ning Qingman died in Cuiqing City, they would scatter a portion of their fortune across the grasslands.

In this way, the grasslands may produce several more peerless geniuses in the future!
In that battle, neither Li Fei nor Ning Qingman died, but the evil demon Li Ming did.

When Li Ming died, the White Pagoda Wish-Fulfilling Array set up by Qilian Guanshi had just been broken. At that moment, the 'ownership' of Cuiqing City was not so clear, and it was possible that a part of Li Ming's fortune would dissipate in the grassland.

If Sangji truly possesses a portion of Li Ming's scattered fortune, then the other party's fortune is even greater than that of Grandmaster Ye Jingfu!

Thinking of this, Ye Jingfu's gaze towards Sangji became even more ardent:
Do you know who saved you before?

Sangji nodded.

He had already found out the identity of his benefactor during this time.

Marquis Jing'an of the Great Blue Dynasty!

During his time at the Military Equipment Hall, his name was mentioned by the teachers many times.

Ye Jingfu: "I am Ye Jingfu, the Eastern Border Commander of the Great Lan Dynasty. You have been personally selected by the Marquis of Jing'an, so I would like to give you a chance—are you willing to follow me and become my personal guard?"

Sanji remained silent.

He had promised Li Fei that even if he became skilled in martial arts, he would never kill any people from the Central Plains.

However, he was also unwilling to kill the warriors of the grasslands on the battlefield.

He wanted to kill those powerful and influential people who disregarded human life!
"Thank you for your appreciation, Admiral, but I do not wish to kill my own compatriots on the battlefield in the future."

Sangji spoke to Ye Jingfu with neither arrogance nor servility.

Ye Jingfu's face darkened, and a chilling killing intent enveloped Sangji:

"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?!"

Sangji felt a chill run through him from head to toe, and his body trembled slightly involuntarily.

The boy's mind went blank; driven only by sheer courage, he gritted his teeth and said:
Even if you kill me, I will not change my mind!

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingfu's eyes flashed with admiration, and he nodded secretly.

He withdrew his imposing manner and transformed back into a scholarly general exuding an air of refinement.

If the other party agrees without hesitation, he will look down on them and be more wary, worried that they might become a major threat to the Great Blue Dynasty in the future.

It's not bad as it is now.

"The grasslands will eventually be incorporated into the territory of our Great Blue Dynasty, and the people of the grasslands will also be citizens of our Great Blue Dynasty!"

Ye Jingfu said to Sangji, "So you don't need to worry about your identity. Just focus on your cultivation and don't let that person down."

"Yes!"

Sangji nodded emphatically, the image of the golden robe he had seen before resurfacing in his mind.

"When I can stand on the sacred mountain in the future, will I be able to see my benefactor again?"

On top of the sacred mountain.

The magnificent temple gleamed in the sunlight.

The main hall of the temple was completely isolated by an array, making it impossible to know what was inside.

Inside the main hall, the River Styx surged, and the hundreds of thousands of spirits within it had all vanished!
Qilian Guanshi sat high on his divine throne, resting his chin on one hand, looking down like a deity.

A ghost was kneeling before him.

This is the vengeful spirit of the Styx Ancestor!
(End of this chapter)